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Expressing Sexuality in Silent and Weep: Experience of Chinese People with Intellectual Disabilities and Parents
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Angus Y. K. Lam; Matthew K. S. Yau; Richard C. Franklin; Peter A. Leggat – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Sexual well-being significantly impacts the overall quality of life for individuals with and without intellectual disabilities. Notably, parents play a pivotal role in influencing their children's sexual development, and their attitudes towards this topic are shaped by Chinese sociocultural values. Methods: This study employed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability
The Trauma Challenge: How Teachers Experience Students with Complex Trauma
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Anne Southall – British Journal of Special Education, 2024
Research documenting the effects of trauma in early childhood describes the profound and long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect on the developing brain and the subsequent deficits in critical cognitive and social development. While educators have increasingly endeavoured to understand this impact and become more 'trauma-informed' in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trauma Informed Approach, Barriers, Mild Intellectual Disability
Inclusive Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: A Study of Parental Perceptions
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Claytor, Daniel; Cook, Adrienne; Scott, Carjamin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In the last decade, the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 has provided students with intellectual disabilities access to attend colleges across the United States. The researchers have collaborated with the Tennessee Inclusive Higher Education Alliance to investigate parents' perceptions of college programs in the state. The researchers…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inclusion, Parent Attitudes, Intellectual Disability
Inclusive Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: A Study of Parental Perceptions
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Cook, Adrienne; Claytor, Daniel; Scott, Carjamin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In the last decade, the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 has provided students with intellectual disabilities access to attend colleges across the United States. The researchers have collaborated with the Tennessee Inclusive Higher Education Alliance to investigate parents' perceptions of college programs in the state. The researchers…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inclusion, Parent Attitudes, Intellectual Disability
Proposals for Improving the Transition Process of Young People with Intellectual Disabilities in Spain: Insights from Focus Groups of Professionals, Young People and Their Families
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Pallisera, Maria; Vilà, Montserrat; Fullana, Judit; Castro, Montse; Puyaltó, Carolina; Díaz-Garolera, Gemma – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
This research aims to present proposals that can improve the transition to adulthood of young people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Four focus groups were set up in three different cities in Spain, each comprising education and social work professionals, people with ID and family members. In total, 32 participants were included in the study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Young Adults, Intellectual Disability
Changes and Challenges in the Transition to Adulthood: Views and Experiences of Young People with Learning Disabilities and Their Families
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Pallisera, Maria; Fullana, Judit; Puyaltó, Carol; Vilà, Montserrat – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
The transition to adulthood poses one of the most complex challenges for young people with intellectual disabilities. In order to conduct a wide-reaching and in-depth study of this process, we need to know the views of these young people themselves and their families. This article presents research designed to collect the experiences and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Student Attitudes